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GEAR UP IN EYE-CATCH­ING STATE­MENT PIECES FROM HEAD TO TOE.

How de­sign­ers are load­ing it up on em­bel­lish­ment and state­ment jewellery.

One look at Lanvin’s Fall 2013 col­lec­tion will make any girl burst in ex­cite­ment. We love the ex­per­i­men­tal teen-spir­ited ren­di­tion of ready-towear couture for this sea­son. How does Al­ber El­baz do it? Sim­ply by dress­ing his mod­els in prom-like dresses paired with flat shoes and to top it off, have them adorned in ex­ces­sive state­ment jewellery. The col­lec­tion is fun, ad­ven­tur­ous, and not to men­tion sim­ply a feast for our eyes with 3D em­bel­lish­ments – ap­pliques, jew­elled but­tons, and state­ment pins.